6.9
MEDIUM
CVE-2007-5757
IBM DB2 Universal Database (UDB) Untrusted Search Path Vulnerability (Local Privilege Escalation)
Description

Untrusted search path vulnerability in db2pd in IBM DB2 Universal Database (UDB) 8 before FixPak 16 and 9 before Fix Pack 4 allows local users to gain root privileges via a modified DB2INSTANCE environment variable that points to a malicious library. NOTE: this might be the same issue as CVE-2008-0697.

INFO

Published Date :

Feb. 13, 2008, midnight

Last Modified :

Sept. 5, 2008, 9:31 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

10.0

Exploitability Score :

3.4
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2007-5757 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Ibm db2_universal_database
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CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.04 }} -0.00%

score

0.05085

percentile

CVSS2 - Vulnerability Scoring System
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